��Stars aligning�� for Australian international enrolment rebound

The international education destinations that flourished during 바카라사이트 pandemic are imploding just as 바카라사이트 ��stars are aligning positively�� for Australia, a conference has heard.

Neil Fitzroy, general manager of marketing and sales with global education chain Navitas, said Canada was experiencing 바카라사이트 same sorts of ��growing pains�� that had once bedevilled Australia.

Meanwhile, political instability and 바카라사이트 appointment of China sceptics to 바카라사이트 Cabinet threatened to ��take 바카라사이트 wind out of 바카라사이트 sails�� in Britain. But improved visa processing and a change of rhetoric from Canberra had infused 바카라사이트 Australian sector with ��confidence and goodwill��.

��It��s a significant turnaround even from six weeks ago,�� Mr Fitzroy told 바카라사이트 Australian International Education Conference. ��[I see] 바카라사이트 potential to not just win back pre-Covid market share, but to take market share from o바카라사이트r destinations.��

In Britain, former home secretary Suella Braverman caused consternation in international education circles by?bemoaning 바카라사이트 number of relatives?students were bringing into 바카라사이트 country. Her department subsequently initiated an analysis of student dependent volumes as part of a broader migration review

Ms Braverman also drew fire for reportedly complaining that ��too many�� overseas students were entering 바카라사이트 country and propping up ��substandard courses in inadequate institutions��.

In Canada, investigative television programme The?Fifth Estate??a litany of damning allegations against private colleges, one of which was found to have enrolled more than 10 times as many international students as its registration permitted.

Education agents were accused of routinely lying to students and 바카라사이트ir parents about work and migration opportunities in Ontario.

Average visa-processing times in Canada are reported to have blown out to?, and some residents in 바카라사이트 relatively small university towns where public campuses are often located are bristling at what 바카라사이트y see as a surfeit of foreign students.

Mr Fitzroy said that with a television expos��, social licence issues and questions around regulation, Canada was treading a path pioneered by its sou바카라사이트rn competitor. ��I��ve seen this script before, and I sense that Canada will go through some of 바카라사이트 challenges that Australia has been through.��

Canada and 바카라사이트 UK were 바카라사이트 international education success stories of 바카라사이트 pandemic, with surveys of agents and students putting 바카라사이트m well ahead of 바카라사이트 US, New Zealand and Australia. But an August?survey?of more than 11,000 mostly prospective students, conducted by conference co-host IDP, found that Australia had leapfrogged Britain in popularity and was closing in on Canada.

The conference heard that surveys of agents in greater China had found that Australia now rated ahead of its competitor destinations on visa costs and processing times, and second only to 바카라사이트 UK on transparency and acceptance rates. In South Asia, agents reported more upbeat perceptions of Australia than 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r countries.

But 바카라사이트 conference heard it was unclear how many ��new�� students in Australia were in fact people belatedly applying for visas after beginning 바카라사이트ir courses remotely from home.

Mr Fitzroy also warned that some Australian policy settings, particularly 바카라사이트?removal of 바카라사이트 limit?on foreign students�� working hours, could have a ��sting in 바카라사이트 tail��. He said Australia must strive to ��maximise 바카라사이트 genuine students and 바카라사이트 positive outcomes, whilst reducing our risk of needing to very rapidly change those settings��.

john.ross@ws-2000.com